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20 Cards in this Set
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Apt
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(adj.) suitable,fitting,likely; quick to learn
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Awry
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(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
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Bludgeon
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(n.) a short club used as a weopon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
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Capitulate
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(v.) to end resistence, give up, surrender, throw in the towl
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Chafe
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(v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore injury caused by rubbing
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Defile
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(v. , trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v.,intrans) to march in a single line or columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon
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Dire
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(adj.) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster.
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Disarming
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(adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion
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Disgruntled
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(adj., part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed
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Encroach
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(v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
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Endow
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(v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality
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Fend
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(v.) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
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Impunity
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(n.) freedom from punishment
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Mien
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(n.) air, manner; appearance; expression
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Penal
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(adj.) having to do with punishment
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Pertinent
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(adj.) related to the matter at hand, to the point
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Predominant
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(adj.) the greatest in strength or power; most common
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Prodigy
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(n.) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unsual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent.
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Recluse
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(n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
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Renown
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(n.) fame, glory
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